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Trespasser

by David M Willis on April 20, 2012 at 12:01 am
  • 03 - The First Step Towards Recovery
└ Tags: dorothy, joe, leslie, mike, walky

Discussion (186) ¬

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  1. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    April 20, 2012 at 12:01 am | #

    SUBTEXT

    • Joebo
      Joebo
      April 20, 2012 at 12:20 am | #

      Not much about this is sub anything.

      • Raiser
        Raiser
        April 22, 2012 at 9:00 pm | #

        SUBTEXT
        rearranged is
        BUTTSEX.

        *the more you know~*

        • Andrusi
          Andrusi
          April 23, 2012 at 10:38 am | #

          …that is awesome.

        • dusk
          dusk
          June 24, 2012 at 4:35 am | #

          butt taco sex

          • Deanatay
            Deanatay
            March 9, 2015 at 7:54 pm | #

            CONTEXT TACO

            • Onion
              Onion
              April 27, 2016 at 1:21 am | #

              Subtext* Taco. Weren’t you paying attention?

  2. David Herbert
    David Herbert
    April 20, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    He made your mom comfortable for a nickel.

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      April 20, 2012 at 12:15 am | #

      He trespassed uncomfortably in your mom

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        April 20, 2012 at 12:16 am | #

        I was gonna say something about fists but I think that’d be a stretch.

        • Joe H
          Joe H
          April 20, 2012 at 1:50 am | #

          Gross.

        • chumpersonable
          chumpersonable
          April 20, 2012 at 8:25 am | #

          Oh, that pun had BETTER be intentional.

      • Zoey
        Zoey
        April 22, 2012 at 5:20 am | #

        for a nickel

    • Descolada
      Descolada
      April 20, 2012 at 5:39 am | #

      His fist trespassed in your mom for a nickel!

      Doing it so Yotomoe doesn’t have to.

      • Leorale
        Leorale
        April 20, 2012 at 11:07 pm | #

        So considerate!

  3. ASP3CT
    ASP3CT
    April 20, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    With his fists.

    Gentlemen, we have a contender.

    • ASP3CT
      ASP3CT
      April 20, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

      Wow, I did not realize the double meaning there.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        April 20, 2012 at 12:06 am | #

        Let the Mike/Joe slash-fics commence.

        • Big Ninja Jim
          Big Ninja Jim
          April 20, 2012 at 12:17 am | #

          Commence? I would have thought they began with the first punching incident. If not earlier.

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            April 20, 2012 at 12:24 am | #

            But today’s comment from Joe will star off a new bunch of slash and that’s what counts.

            • fellixe
              fellixe
              April 20, 2012 at 2:37 am | #

              DO NOT WANT

            • Chronos
              Chronos
              April 20, 2012 at 6:29 am | #

              Soon, we’ll all get to see a picture of Joe’s ass being made uncomfortable by Mike’s fist. All it would need is a strategically placed blanket.

            • Pat
              Pat
              April 20, 2012 at 11:11 am | #

              Oooooh! I get it now!

  4. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    April 20, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    Mike: great philosopher, or our greatest philosopher?

    • mechaqua
      mechaqua
      April 20, 2012 at 12:11 am | #

      What His philosophical school Empiricism or Structuralism, Rationalism , Realism?

      I am going to go with Trollism

      • mechaqua
        mechaqua
        April 20, 2012 at 12:13 am | #

        or Grudgeism could work.

        • Lord Harlock
          Lord Harlock
          April 20, 2012 at 12:35 am | #

          Obviously, Mike is a Equalists. For all are equally viable targets
          to the Mike!

          • MR C
            MR C
            April 20, 2012 at 3:44 pm | #

            mike is a fuck-you-all-ist

            duh

  5. Sensedog
    Sensedog
    April 20, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    Damn Mike, that’s it? I was expecting more, really.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      April 20, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

      Is it bad that I REALLY hope he’s JUST warming up?

      • Sensedog
        Sensedog
        April 20, 2012 at 12:12 am | #

        He probably is, now that I think of it. Though he did effectively troll Dorothy to the point at which she becomes angry enough to request that he be removed. Given the other people in the room, he might not need to do anything else aside from watch a chain reaction.

        I just feel bad for Walky. Mike may have actually ruined whatever he could have had with Dorothy, given that Dorothy cares about maintaining her image in the eyes of others. I hope I am wrong.

        • Kurai Seraphim
          Kurai Seraphim
          April 20, 2012 at 12:14 am | #

          That wouldn’t be Mike ruining it for Walky; that’d be Dorothy ruining it for Walky.

          • Sensedog
            Sensedog
            April 20, 2012 at 12:17 am | #

            I can’t disagree with that, though I get the impression that Mike is someone who can read people like an open book. He saw an opportunity, and he took it for kicks.

            • begbert2
              begbert2
              April 20, 2012 at 10:34 am | #

              Well, she’s hardly been subtle. She was necking right in front of him. Add that to her comment here in class and was practically painting a bulls’eye on her back.

              And this is Mike. Of course he did it for kicks.

      • Leorale
        Leorale
        April 20, 2012 at 12:12 am | #

        He’s totally just warming up.

        • BrokenEye, True False Prophet
          BrokenEye, True False Prophet
          September 18, 2015 at 8:03 pm | #

          Yeah, warming up your mom

    • Brasca1
      Brasca1
      April 20, 2012 at 12:13 am | #

      It’s his freshman year and while he certainly has a talent for violence he lacks super powers so he probably has to be careful how many people he pisses off so he doesn’t get his ass kicked.

      • Klondike
        Klondike
        April 20, 2012 at 1:57 am | #

        Its funny that you think his ass can be kicked.

  6. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    April 20, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    Asshole powers, ACTIVATE!

    • mechaqua
      mechaqua
      April 20, 2012 at 12:12 am | #

      Form of a Troll!

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        April 20, 2012 at 12:14 am | #

        Form of an ICY RECEPTION!

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        April 20, 2012 at 12:15 am | #

        Shape of a dick!

        • Khrene Cleaver
          Khrene Cleaver
          April 20, 2012 at 4:13 am | #

          Form in YOUR MOTHER!

          • Chronos
            Chronos
            April 20, 2012 at 6:27 am | #

            Form of a nickel!

    • Bekah
      Bekah
      April 20, 2012 at 12:21 am | #

      Today, you’re that teacher who couldn’t keep her tail hidden from … RosarioxVampire? But what’s her name?

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        April 20, 2012 at 12:27 am | #

        Correct and her name is Shizuka Nekonome and she has been 17 years old for the past few decades.

  7. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    April 20, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    y’know, showing Mike back to back with Dorothy and Leslie makes me realize just how friggin’ blonde he is. He’s practically a super saiyan.

    • Gundi
      Gundi
      April 20, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

      His Hair is the color of… CHEESE.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        April 20, 2012 at 12:09 am | #

        Cheddar or Parmesan?

        • fellixe
          fellixe
          April 20, 2012 at 2:40 am | #

          Velveeta

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            April 20, 2012 at 3:14 am | #

            In that case, Dotty’s hair is akin to Asiago cheese.

    • Andy
      Andy
      April 20, 2012 at 12:08 am | #

      He’s a Super Asshole 2.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      April 20, 2012 at 12:12 am | #

      His asshole level…it’s OVER 9000!

      • mechaqua
        mechaqua
        April 20, 2012 at 12:14 am | #

        What 9000!?

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          April 20, 2012 at 12:17 am | #

          Mike’s asshole went from (_._) to (_O_) .

          • Kernanator
            Kernanator
            April 20, 2012 at 1:40 am | #

            …Well played, Mongoose. Well played.

            • Plasma Mongoose
              Plasma Mongoose
              April 20, 2012 at 3:11 am | #

              Mike iz firin hiz butt-lazers.

    • artemi
      artemi
      April 20, 2012 at 12:54 am | #

      Seriously, he’s, like Dennis the Menace blonde.

      …actually, now that I think about this, this all makes sense…

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        April 20, 2012 at 1:40 am | #

        Mike is a grown up Dennis the Menace. This is my new headcanon.

        • fellixe
          fellixe
          April 20, 2012 at 2:42 am | #

          The grav makes this comment so much more!

          • Historyman68
            Historyman68
            April 20, 2012 at 2:47 am | #

            Her dildo was her old head-cannon.

          • Historyman68
            Historyman68
            April 20, 2012 at 2:48 am | #

            Sorry, couldn’t resist Explaining The Joke.

            • fellixe
              fellixe
              April 20, 2012 at 3:07 am | #

              Tend towards unnecessary expository, eh? You aren’t a supervillain, are you?

              • Historyman68
                Historyman68
                April 23, 2012 at 2:50 am | #

                …no!

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          April 20, 2012 at 3:10 am | #

          @Kerny: If Mike is grown-up Dennis, does that mean that Ruth is the grown-up Margaret and Sal is the grown-up Gina?

          • Kernanator
            Kernanator
            April 22, 2012 at 2:15 am | #

            Sure, why not.

  8. Wonder Wig
    Wonder Wig
    April 20, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    Better to French a guy who puts his pajamas back on then to put the pajamas back on a French guy.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      April 20, 2012 at 12:07 am | #

      French guys need help putting their pajamas on too. :c

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      April 20, 2012 at 12:13 am | #

      Do you get to take the pajamas off the French guy, later?

    • Wack'd
      Wack'd
      April 20, 2012 at 12:35 am | #

      This morning I shot a French guy in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas I don’t know.

      • fellixe
        fellixe
        April 20, 2012 at 2:46 am | #

        That sounds like a crude slur and a euphamism all at the same time.

        “You looked hot when you came out of the shower, hon. About made me shoot a French guy in my pajamas!”

        • Khrene Cleaver
          Khrene Cleaver
          April 20, 2012 at 4:21 am | #

          Sacre Blue! Qu’est-ce que c’est!?!

  9. Bekah
    Bekah
    April 20, 2012 at 12:05 am | #

    Maybe it’s different at Indiana, but when I was in college, I just wandered into random classes if I thought they were interesting, and the prof didn’t give a single shit whether I was in his/her class or not. Even if I spoke up and said something totally disruptive. Only time I was ever asked to leave a class was when my phone went off more than once. And that was a class I was actually enrolled in.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      April 20, 2012 at 12:10 am | #

      sO ANYONE OFF THE STREET CAN TURN UP TO CLASS?

      • Bekah
        Bekah
        April 20, 2012 at 12:12 am | #

        Pretty much. Especially freshmen undergraduate classes.

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          April 20, 2012 at 12:14 am | #

          then…why would anyone pay for college?

          • Heavensrun
            Heavensrun
            April 20, 2012 at 12:16 am | #

            For the certificate that proves that you passed all your courses, that convinces employers that you learned something there.

            • Yotomoe
              Yotomoe
              April 20, 2012 at 12:17 am | #

              well yeah…there’s that.

            • Plasma Mongoose
              Plasma Mongoose
              April 20, 2012 at 12:21 am | #

              From what I heard about the value of a BA these days, it’s only function is to prevent the people at a company’s HP department from tossing out your resume before they even start the selection process.

          • Bekah
            Bekah
            April 20, 2012 at 12:17 am | #

            Showing up to class doesn’t mean you get credit for it, nor does it mean you’re allowed to take the tests or get graded on the assignments.

            • Random832
              Random832
              April 20, 2012 at 1:14 am | #

              Incidentally, there is also something called “auditing”, which as as I understand it allow you to take the tests and get graded on the assignments, but not get credit for the class.

          • John
            John
            April 20, 2012 at 12:17 am | #

            They don’t give you a degree for just showing up.

            • Plasma Mongoose
              Plasma Mongoose
              April 20, 2012 at 12:22 am | #

              If you’re not after a degree, just interested in learning for learning’s sake, then it sounds like a great deal.

        • mechaqua
          mechaqua
          April 20, 2012 at 12:19 am | #

          Its called auditing most universities usually allow you to do it for small classes for the first two weeks, during the add drop period, with larger lecture classes it is much easier to do.

          • Andy
            Andy
            April 20, 2012 at 12:21 am | #

            Yeah, it’s easy with big lecture classes (usually math and science). If there’s a hundred people in the hall, nobody is going to notice you.

          • Bekah
            Bekah
            April 20, 2012 at 12:23 am | #

            Only the first two weeks? That’s weird. I did it all through colleege and never got any guff about it.

            • Sensedog
              Sensedog
              April 20, 2012 at 12:26 am | #

              A lot of professors in many colleges just don’t care if anyone wants to sit in on any classes that they happen to be teaching. Some do, but in my experience they tend to be fewer in number than those who don’t care at all.

              • Tualha
                Tualha
                April 20, 2012 at 6:30 am | #

                Good way to find out in advance which profs are good teachers, desu ne?

                • lordphulish
                  lordphulish
                  April 20, 2012 at 8:44 am | #

                  Wasn’t there a Joe Pesci movie where he played a homeless man who sits in on college classes at an Ivy League school?

                  (does research) Ah, the movie was With Honors

                • Historyman68
                  Historyman68
                  April 23, 2012 at 2:57 am | #

                  Oh man that’s such a Joe Pesci movie.

  10. Kaixa
    Kaixa
    April 20, 2012 at 12:07 am | #

    I put mine back on when I get home too…

    Am I not supposed to do that…?

  11. Ryan
    Ryan
    April 20, 2012 at 12:08 am | #

    He embarrassed Dorothy, and got Dorothy to somehow make Walky feel like shit. Well. Played.

  12. Ter
    Ter
    April 20, 2012 at 12:11 am | #

    Good play there, Mike. You did good, man. You did good.

    And you weren’t even given a nickel.

  13. mechaqua
    mechaqua
    April 20, 2012 at 12:16 am | #

    Its good to know our future President can maintain her composure under pressure!

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      April 20, 2012 at 12:18 am | #

      This is the future of debating, people. it’ll take america by storm

    • Everyl
      Everyl
      April 20, 2012 at 12:24 am | #

      Whereas Mike is keeping perfectly calm in a room with an increasingly-hostile audience.

      Does that mean Mike would be a better president than Dorothy? Imagining him in high-level diplomatic talks with foreign leaders makes me think yes.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        April 20, 2012 at 12:29 am | #

        If Mike were president he would single-handedly turn the world into a Mike-ocracy where all men and women must pay tribute to him by having him lie with their mothers. He will also require a nickel tribute to his mandatory solid gold mike statue’s on every block. Finally, via lottery, Mike makes one person’s life living hell every day

      • Chronos
        Chronos
        April 20, 2012 at 6:47 am | #

        The only way I see Mike in high-level peace talks is if he’s the person presiding over the peace summits/delegations/whatever, making observations toward the various other countries’ dignitaries that ultimately make said dignitaries go for each other’s throats, the end result being all other countries going to war with each other. Everyone loses except for Mike.

    • Phlebas
      Phlebas
      April 20, 2012 at 6:20 am | #

      Vice President, surely?
      (though obviously Joe or Roz would do better in charge of vice)

  14. Joebo
    Joebo
    April 20, 2012 at 12:22 am | #

    FAAAAAAAAAACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  15. Shade
    Shade
    April 20, 2012 at 12:24 am | #

    Quick! We need to get Mike to be very, very bored!

  16. Raen
    Raen
    April 20, 2012 at 12:25 am | #

    “Joyce hired him to punch me in the face when I looked down her blouse and then when I checked out the waitress.”

    “…I’m making a slight change to the lesson plan.”

    • Historyman68
      Historyman68
      April 20, 2012 at 3:13 am | #

      Yeah seriously, Leslie would have a lot to talk about in terms of gender roles after hearing that story.

      Btw, I think it’s great that a comic that has so much thematic content about gender relations – Joyce is uber-Christian, Joe is chauvinist, Roz is Roz, attempted date rape storyline, inversion of the superhero love triangle – has a gender studies class so they can explicitly discuss these issues. It’s very clever, without being too obvious.

  17. Aria
    Aria
    April 20, 2012 at 12:27 am | #

    Walky looks so sad here; I just wanna walk into the comic and give him a big hug. Preferably after he changes out of the ketchup shirt.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      April 20, 2012 at 12:30 am | #

      well Aria if blue skadoos you can too.

    • BigMadDraco
      BigMadDraco
      April 20, 2012 at 12:34 am | #

      Your gravatar makes your comment seem really sarcastic.

  18. artemi
    artemi
    April 20, 2012 at 12:52 am | #

    If this gets rough, who will Joyce side with? Dorothy is definitely her friend, but I’m willing to bet that she considers Mike one, too.

  19. Blob Marley
    Blob Marley
    April 20, 2012 at 12:58 am | #

    Mike, your shenanigans have ceased to amuse. Get out before you ruin the best thing ever,

    • TacosForever
      TacosForever
      April 20, 2012 at 11:12 am | #

      Agreed! Aaagh, Mike.

  20. TPman
    TPman
    April 20, 2012 at 1:03 am | #

    Joe, he could make your face feel a lot more uncomfortable with his faaaace.

    • AliaPie
      AliaPie
      April 20, 2012 at 1:15 am | #

      Now I’m imagining Mike kissing Joe.

      • Jackson
        Jackson
        April 20, 2012 at 7:01 am | #

        Wasn’t there a Slash Contest entry of that?

        • David
          David M Willis
          April 20, 2012 at 10:32 am | #

          Sadly, no.

  21. AliaPie
    AliaPie
    April 20, 2012 at 1:14 am | #

    This is why I love this webcomic.

  22. Imska
    Imska
    April 20, 2012 at 1:26 am | #

    Poor Walky. He didn’t ask for this. He’s like Adam Jensen, except with relationship issues instead of bionic implants.

    • Crotonhurst
      Crotonhurst
      April 20, 2012 at 1:31 am | #

      Can you imagine Walky with built in sunglasses!? Wiigii!

      • Imska
        Imska
        April 20, 2012 at 11:35 am | #

        Slacker-chic. I can dig it.

  23. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    April 20, 2012 at 1:43 am | #

    Mike, I wear my pajama bottoms all the time in my dorm. They’re comfy.

    Maybe this is why I don’t get dates.

    • fellixe
      fellixe
      April 20, 2012 at 2:51 am | #

      Tough to turn up too many good dates in your dorm unless you have a popular roomie.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      April 20, 2012 at 7:50 am | #

      It’s a shame that more chicks don’t dig the sweatpants look.

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        April 22, 2012 at 2:16 am | #

        I know, right? They’re good when you think it might rain!

  24. TemplarKnight
    TemplarKnight
    April 20, 2012 at 1:45 am | #

    You know, in the last panel, the stain above the buttaco looks like an ! making it look like the buttaco is surprised.

    • Historyman68
      Historyman68
      April 20, 2012 at 6:15 am | #

      I noticed that too!

  25. andrew
    andrew
    April 20, 2012 at 2:15 am | #

    Whats this, will there be conciquences for mike DUN DUN DUN!

    • fellixe
      fellixe
      April 20, 2012 at 2:54 am | #

      Is that some kind of Latin American dessert?

      • Khrene Cleaver
        Khrene Cleaver
        April 20, 2012 at 4:28 am | #

        No… It as just desert. S=J

        • L
          L
          April 20, 2012 at 6:59 am | #

          I’m pretty sure I’ve had a “Conciquence” with piloncillo and cajeta

  26. NF
    NF
    April 20, 2012 at 2:19 am | #

    Dorothy just got Miked!

  27. Aegon01
    Aegon01
    April 20, 2012 at 3:01 am | #

    Poor Walky. Again, this shows exactly how highly everybody thinks of him. The message is that he doesn’t deserve a girlfriend or happiness ’cause he’s kind of a slob.

    • Aegon01
      Aegon01
      April 20, 2012 at 3:03 am | #

      I mean seriously, look at his face. That’s freakin’ heartbreaking.

      • TacosForever
        TacosForever
        April 20, 2012 at 11:16 am | #

        Personally, out of the selection of guys in this comic, Walky’s probably the only one I would consider dating. Just saying. Because he is a slob, but he’s also actually a nice guy. I think he’s really getting a bad rap from the other characters (including Dorothy) and it is making me really sad.

        • Thomas
          Thomas
          April 20, 2012 at 2:04 pm | #

          Joe is no less of a nice guy. His philandering may not be to your taste, but he’s honest about his intentions, he cares about his friends and also about the pleasure of his sex partners. He just doesn’t understand that for other people, sex is not a primary focus. Joe may be dense, but he’s a good guy.

          • TacosForever
            TacosForever
            April 20, 2012 at 2:09 pm | #

            Fair enough! You make good points.
            Plus, if nothing else, Joe is hilarious.

          • Aria
            Aria
            April 20, 2012 at 2:42 pm | #

            I’m not sure that I’d say he was honest about his intentions with Joyce. She certainly didn’t think that he was looking for a one and done.

            • Thomas
              Thomas
              April 20, 2012 at 5:08 pm | #

              Joe was honest about wanting to date Joyce. Joyce agreed to have a date. Both have different ideas about dating and are only marginally aware that other viewpoints exist. The date ended before Joe got to discuss further plans, although he *did* try to bring up the subject.

              What makes Joe a dick is his stupid rating system for women. In his view, all women are potential sex partners. It doesn’t occur to him that they might not be interested in having sex with him. However, he *may* have understood that women might not like to be judged on account of their looks, because he only mentions these ratings to other guys.

  28. Oh… what I missed out on...
    Oh… what I missed out on...
    April 20, 2012 at 4:34 am | #

    As a Purdue graduate (with 3 uncounted IU semesters) I would just like to state that Perdue Chicken Nuggets are NOT as good as the skin/beaks/lips that are actual “McNuggets.” That said… I’m going back for about 12 more after 3 minutes in the microwave, because that’s what a night out in Athens (UGA) makes you do at this hour.

  29. Khrene Cleaver
    Khrene Cleaver
    April 20, 2012 at 4:42 am | #

    I really don’t want WalDot to fail! PUHHHLLLEEEEAAAAASSSE MR DAVID-SAMA-SAN DEEEESSSSUUUUUUU!!!

    No… oI can’t be… the fangirl virus, I should’ve known it I’ve contracted it from my expressions of joy when Dorothy and Walkerton having on panel romance…

    Some one please… put me out of my misery… I don’t wanan die in cat ears worshiping Naruto’s Sasuke…

    No seriously, this actually pulling my heart strings, I actually really want them to have a nice relationship. This isn’t solely a reflection of my own desires though, you actually write us into growing attached to these well developed characters that don’t fall into archtypes without going against the character thats been setup for them, but adding to the dimension of these extensions of you and your experiences and knowledge.

  30. ADHadh
    ADHadh
    April 20, 2012 at 5:50 am | #

    Well, I guess it’s only fair if Joe makes Mike’s face uncomfortable now.

    • TacosForever
      TacosForever
      April 20, 2012 at 11:18 am | #

      Haha yes! This!

  31. Harry
    Harry
    April 20, 2012 at 6:05 am | #

    Dorothy blushing may just be the cutest thing I’ve ever seen.

  32. Historyman68
    Historyman68
    April 20, 2012 at 6:22 am | #

    I think this was a necessary corrective to all the “I love Mike so much!!!” in Sp!

    The recent storyline there has been amazing, but it’s built on Mike channeling his assholishness into caring about another person. This is a reminder that, as entertaining or justified his jerkiness may be, he’s still being a massive asshole. Who doesn’t give a shit about other people’s feelings.

    Setting someone on fire in a toy store is hilarious. Humiliating your roommate for no reason is mean.

    • shoeboxjeddy
      shoeboxjeddy
      April 20, 2012 at 9:05 am | #

      See, too sensitive. I still find this hilarious. Mike would only not be hilarious if he was real and directing his “energies” (in whatever form that might take) at you.

      • Shippy McShipper
        Shippy McShipper
        April 20, 2012 at 6:59 pm | #

        That’d be kinda hard, considering that he’s ficticional and we, presumably, are not.

        And now that I said that, who wants to bet that he’ll try?

        • Historyman68
          Historyman68
          April 21, 2012 at 7:14 am | #

          Makin all like Moriarty on the Holodeck

      • Historyman68
        Historyman68
        April 23, 2012 at 3:21 am | #

        See, recently Mike’s targets have all been deserved, or at least brought upon themselves, to make some kind of point, even if it’s massively disproportionate retribution. But that ignores all the times he’s attacked people for no reason at all- Ethan, for example, a lot.

        I saw a lit

      • Historyman68
        Historyman68
        April 23, 2012 at 3:23 am | #

        See, recently Mike’s targets have all been deserved, or at least brought upon themselves, to make some kind of point, even if it’s massively disproportionate retribution. But that ignores all the times he’s attacked people for no reason at all- Ethan, for example, a lot.

        I saw a lot of comments in the last Sp! storyline along the lines of “Mike’s an asshole, but he’s our asshole.” I think this plot here is Mike himself making the meta-point that he’s nobody’s asshole.

  33. AJBulldis
    AJBulldis
    April 20, 2012 at 6:59 am | #

    This is making it really hard to ship MikeXDorothy.

  34. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    April 20, 2012 at 7:12 am | #

    Food for thought, the girl behind mike looks like a Dorothy doppleganger. just without glasses

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      April 20, 2012 at 10:47 am | #

      Face is too long; hair is too long and in a different style; nose is drawn in a light line color rather than black. She is blonde though.

      On the other hand, she does bear a vague resemblance to a person drawn with lines. As does Dorothy. And come to think of it, Mike. Hey wait a minute…

  35. creatorx2
    creatorx2
    April 20, 2012 at 7:32 am | #

    Okay yeah, Mike is into Dorothy big time.

  36. Kelsey
    Kelsey
    April 20, 2012 at 7:43 am | #

    Mike is only enrolled in classes in which he can maximize the discomfort of others.

  37. chumpersonable
    chumpersonable
    April 20, 2012 at 8:31 am | #

    Walky’s transformation into a sad puppy: 78% complete.

  38. lordphulish
    lordphulish
    April 20, 2012 at 8:50 am | #

    Is anything Mike says here untrue? No.

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      April 20, 2012 at 10:48 am | #

      Mike doesn’t lie. He doesn’t have to, and the truth hurts more.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        April 20, 2012 at 3:59 pm | #

        and his fist hurts more. He just likes working himself up.

      • Shippy McShipper
        Shippy McShipper
        April 20, 2012 at 7:02 pm | #

        “I don’t have to lie to you if I can get what I want by playing it straight”.

  39. shoeboxjeddy
    shoeboxjeddy
    April 20, 2012 at 9:04 am | #

    Dorothy’s embarrassed face is the best. The best I say! Mike must stay, just for that.

  40. Tenn
    Tenn
    April 20, 2012 at 10:20 am | #

    Joe, I think you mean he made your FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE feel uncomfortable. With his penis fists.

  41. Danielle
    Danielle
    April 20, 2012 at 12:20 pm | #

    The question is has he ever been that bored?

  42. Krimson
    Krimson
    April 20, 2012 at 12:55 pm | #

    I don’t know about anybody else but I think this Leslie might just be able to take Mike.

  43. Jehosaphat
    Jehosaphat
    April 20, 2012 at 12:57 pm | #

    Poor Walky, such a sad face.

  44. Silva
    Silva
    April 20, 2012 at 1:06 pm | #

    I realize this is off topic and my chances of getting a direct response are low. Anyway, Mr. Willis, how much practice has it taken to get relatively smooth lineart? I started up drawing digitally again a couple days ago and had to scrap both drawings because of really messy lines.

    Visual example, foe anyone interested: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v324/elvish_samaurai/wip2.png

    • Jason
      Jason
      April 20, 2012 at 1:48 pm | #

      Looks a lot like Willis’s blue lines, before he adds the straight black ones. Don’t ask me how the scribbly blue lines become straight black ones.

      • Silva
        Silva
        April 20, 2012 at 3:33 pm | #

        I tried tracing it over but it didn’t go terribly well. Maybe I just wasn’t persistent enough.

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          April 20, 2012 at 4:01 pm | #

          as a digital artist I’ll say it’s a combination of practice and using fast strokes or paying more attention to your strokes. It’s near impossible at first and even if you try doing fast strokes you’ll find yourself hitting ctrl+z a lot. It’s just something you gotta work on. trust me.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      April 20, 2012 at 7:29 pm | #

      Well Willis has been draw webcomics regularly for 14 years, so he is bound to be pretty damn good at it by now.

      Also Willis has one of those expensive screen-tablet thingies that makes it a lot easier to draw well on a computer.

    • David
      David M Willis
      April 20, 2012 at 8:59 pm | #

      My lines are “smooth,” I think, if I get what you’re getting at, because each line is just one line. It seems like you’re using a very thin pen to build up a bunch of tiny lines into a much thicker line. When I draw, I start out with a thicker pen (well, thicker digital pen) and each line is one stroke. I don’t build up many tiny strokes into a thicker line.

      The best way to simulate my linework style is to draw with a sharpie marker.

      • Silva
        Silva
        April 20, 2012 at 10:28 pm | #

        That’s exactly what I meant. Thank you very much.

  45. Jason
    Jason
    April 20, 2012 at 1:45 pm | #

    Ooooh, the roommate who put his pajamas back on after classes … I’ve had that one. Actually no, he just stripped down to his underwear and played on the computer all day while in bed. And this was before laptops. He actually positioned his mattress underneath the wall-mounted desk in the dorm.

    • Jason
      Jason
      April 20, 2012 at 1:46 pm | #

      Meanwhile, Walky is rethinking his assessment of Mike as “best roommate ever!”

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      April 20, 2012 at 4:03 pm | #

      So your roomate is a combination of Joe, Amber and Walky?

    • Kernanator
      Kernanator
      April 22, 2012 at 2:18 am | #

      …Are you one of my roommates? Cause that description sounds a lot like me.

  46. Sigma Octantis
    Sigma Octantis
    April 20, 2012 at 4:06 pm | #

    Wait a second… wasn’t the whole french part just a dream that Walky had? I could be mistaken, but, considering the conclusion, I choose to stay with it : Mike is able to infiltrate other peoples minds.
    Though you all knew that already, I guess.

    • TacosForever
      TacosForever
      April 20, 2012 at 7:16 pm | #

      No, that actually happened! It was just that right after that the comic jumped to the next day where Walky was all daydreamy and drawing him and Dorothy riding on a dinosaur and stuff.

      • Sigma Octantis
        Sigma Octantis
        April 22, 2012 at 8:56 am | #

        Well, though I did like my explanation more (psychic Mike is always great), thanks for the clarification. Makes more sense this way.

  47. Mo
    Mo
    April 20, 2012 at 4:26 pm | #

    Suddenly, Dorothy reverts to third grade. Or else we all realize she doesn’t care what Leslie’s name actually is.

  48. Maycroft
    Maycroft
    April 20, 2012 at 7:42 pm | #

    Mike you’re awesome, you’re a rockstar, you’re Elvis, you’re god.

  49. HelenKellersDog
    HelenKellersDog
    April 21, 2012 at 12:12 am | #

    Can I punch him…please?

  50. Usayasha
    Usayasha
    April 21, 2012 at 12:17 am | #

    Brave New World is a book I read recently about a dystopian society where people grow babies in bulk with test tubes and SCIENCE!

    So tell me… how would Mike fare in a world without any mothers? What would he resort to!?! COULD HE EVEN GO ON!?!?!?!

    • L
      L
      April 21, 2012 at 2:43 pm | #

      Was it? I was too busy thinking about what Lenina Crowne would look like given she was described as “Pneumatic”. My guess? Thick hottie.

  51. Perhapsormaybe
    Perhapsormaybe
    April 21, 2012 at 5:00 pm | #

    I think this is my favorite version of Mike. He’s still a complete asshole that would scare the hell out of me if I knew him in real life, but this version of him seems to use his dickery for slightly less evil purposes. I read through the archives and up to current within the past day or so, but he seems to primarily make good points while simultaneously making people feel like shit. He’s kind of the slap in the face some people need for motivation. I’m really enjoying this series, it’s really neat to see these characters in a new world and see how they’d change if their lives were a bit different. Plus more Sal! I heart her.

  52. Jinxed44
    Jinxed44
    April 21, 2012 at 6:27 pm | #

    Maybe I’m over-analyzing the character or maybe I just don’t see where this is going, but I’ve always seen Mike as more elegant in his trolling than this.
    He’s my favorite character, so maybe this is pure bias, but I’ve always seen him going for the harder targets, and doing more damage of a more substantial nature to them (at least when bothering to attack his targets mentally).
    Here it feels like he’s going overboard to attack Dorothy’s conflict between her goals and attraction? And he’s taken a strong stance in one direction, embarrassing her (using negative spin and peer-pressure?) into (prematurely?) making a move on this conflict?
    Maybe there’s some grand scheme behind all of this or maybe it’s just this universe’s Mike’s idea of a good time, but his actions feel less pointed/genuine here, and, as is, this leaves me feeling a bit disappointed. 🙁

    • Jinxed44
      Jinxed44
      April 21, 2012 at 6:34 pm | #

      …
      Of course it would be his idea of a good time, please ignore that part of the comment if you read this. X(

  53. Trigger
    Trigger
    July 26, 2012 at 6:28 pm | #

    Sometimes Mike reminds me of Heero Yuy. This is one of those times.

    • Trigger
      Trigger
      July 26, 2012 at 6:30 pm | #

      Whups. This should be of the next comic. :F

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